North South Dialogue on Climate Change

Project Title:

North South Dialogue on Climate Change

Type of Project

Climate Change Workshops

Duration:

January 1997 - December 1997

Status:

Complete

Partner Organizations:

BCAS, Government of the Netherlands, Government of Germany, Government of USA, Government of Canada, OECD/CTI, European Union, Pacific Institute-USA, WHRC-USA, IIEC-USA, ENDA-Senegal, COPPE-Brazil, SEI-Sweden, German watch-Germany, TERI-India, DA-India, Southern Centre-Zimbabwe, National Autonomous University of Mexico, IVM-Netherlands.

BCAS organized three regional workshops in Africa, Latin America and Asia and the results were shared in another workshop during the third conference of parties of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).

Brief Description:

BCAS organizedregional workshops in Asia, Africa, and Latin America by bringing together researchers, experts, representatives from government and NGOs to discuss ongoing practices by various countries in these regions on reduction of greenhouse gas emissions. The workshops were as follows: in Dakar, Senegal in July 1997, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in September 1997, in Dhaka, Bangladesh in November 1997 and the final workshop in Kyoto, Japan in December 1997. This was an initiative to promote dialogues between public and private organizations of the North and South on climate change issues. It stimulates new partnerships and promotes technological co-operation as the international community moves toward and beyond the third conference of parties (COP3, Kyoto, Japan). It was derived from these workshops that ongoing practices to reduce GHG emissions were inadequate and the countries need to adopt concerted strategies.

Output:

Dialogues of the international workshops were produced in the form of reports. A summary report titled ‘Good Practices, Technology Innovation and New Partnership for Sustainable Development: Challenges and Opportunities in implementing the Climate Convention’ was presented by BCAS during the third Conference of Parties (COP 3) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) held in Kyoto, Japan in December 1997.

Adverse Impacts of Climate Change on Development of Bangladesh Integrating Adaptation Into Policies and Activities

Adverse Impacts of Climate Change on Development of Bhutan Integrating Adaptation Into Policies and Activities

Adverse Impacts of Climate Change on Development of Nepal Integrating Adaptation Into Policies and Activities

Climate Change and The Kyoto Protocol's Clean Development Mechanism Stories From The Developing World

South-North Dialogue On Equity In The Greenhouse A Proposal For An Adequate And Equitable Global Climate Agreement

Adaptation Day at Cop 9

Global Environmental Outlook 3

Mainstreaming Adaptation To Climate Change In Least Developed Countries (LDCS)

Groundwater Resources and Development in Bangladesh Background to the Arsenic Crisis, Agricultural Potential and the Environment

The End of Development? Global Warming, Disasters and The Great Reversal of Human Progress

Natural Resource Management-Towards Better Integration

Peopleâ€™s Livelihoods at the Land-Water Interface Emerging Perspectives on Interactions between People and Floodplain Environment

Peopleâ€™s Livelihoods at the Land-Water Interface Emerging Perspectives on Interactions between People and Floodplain Environment

Global Environment Outlook 2000

Amader Poribesh Our Environment (Training Manual)

Paribesh Biddya

Environment Profile: Bangladesh

Guide to the Environmental Conservation Act 1995 and Rules 1997

From Flood to Scarcity: Re-Defining The Water Debate In Bangladesh (Working Papers, Environment and Development Series No. 1)

Drinking Water, Bathing and Sanitation The Risk to Human Health in Rural Bangladesh (School of the Environment, Environment and Development series No. 2, Working Papers)

Asia Least-Cost Greenhouse Gas Abatement Strategy (ALGAS)- Bangladesh

Vulnerability and Adaptation to Climate Change for Bangladesh

Exploding the Population Myth: Consumption Versus Population - which is the Climate Bomb?

Wetland Resource Management in Chanda BeeL

A New Initiative For North-South Dialogue On Climate Change Good Practices, Technology Innovation And New Partnership For Sustainable Development Challenges and Opportunities in Implementing the Climate